Tegenspoed test onze trouw; Tegenspoedt besproeft onse getrouwigheyt; Voorwinckel van Patientie in den droeven from a book () with text on verso. In an oval cartouche a landscape with a church. In the foreground a clockmaker tests one of his clocks with a hammer. On the left of the print, a woman sells pots while in the background a priest enters the church while the clocks ring. Above the cartouche The title (motto) of the print and a quote from the Bible (1 Maccabeans 52). Under the print a caption: 'Desen Sijgh, a lot of vermagh' and a description that the print explai


Tegenspoed test onze trouw; Tegenspoedt besproeft onse getrouwigheyt; Voorwinckel van Patientie in den droeven from a book () with text on verso. In an oval cartouche a landscape with a church. In the foreground a clockmaker tests one of his clocks with a hammer. On the left of the print, a woman sells pots while in the background a priest enters the church while the clocks ring. Above the cartouche The title (motto) of the print and a quote from the Bible (1 Maccabeans 52). Under the print a caption: 'Desen Sijgh, a lot of vermagh' and a description that the print explains. A clockmaker always tests his clocks by saving a hammer. Only with a nice pure sound is a clock suitable for hanging in a church. Comparable gives us adverse to us during life to test our fitness for heaven.


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